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Crime · Folkestone
Reported crime in Folkestone
6,373 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 135 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
6,373
Rate / 1,000
135
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2,137 | 34% |
| Anti social behaviour | 1,242 | 19% |
| Shoplifting | 750 | 12% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 586 | 9% |
| Other theft | 392 | 6% |
| Drugs | 299 | 5% |
| Public order | 289 | 5% |
| Other crime | 164 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 148 | 2% |
| Burglary | 139 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 87 | 1% |
| Robbery | 66 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 49 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 25 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 129 | 169 | 195 | 176 | 171 | 169 | 216 | 169 | 165 | 172 | 216 | 190 | 2137 |
| Anti social behaviour | 85 | 69 | 83 | 75 | 70 | 94 | 86 | 83 | 117 | 129 | 170 | 181 | 1242 |
| Shoplifting | 46 | 73 | 56 | 41 | 55 | 45 | 76 | 57 | 51 | 64 | 115 | 71 | 750 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 25 | 30 | 36 | 45 | 43 | 46 | 56 | 52 | 33 | 119 | 46 | 55 | 586 |
| Other theft | 34 | 29 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 15 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 40 | 392 |
| Drugs | 17 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 24 | 33 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 299 |
| Public order | 25 | 22 | 33 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 289 |
| Other crime | 14 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 164 |
| Vehicle crime | 10 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 148 |
| Burglary | 10 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 139 |
| Possession of weapons | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 87 |
| Robbery | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 66 | |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 49 |
| Theft from the person | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 25 | |
| Total | 414 | 491 | 507 | 469 | 489 | 456 | 585 | 486 | 509 | 632 | 694 | 641 | 6373 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Folkestone, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 47,347.